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@Redtopp - to accommodate who, really? Me and my family, that's who. And the thousands of other people who live in this neighborhood. Where do you live?

I live at 16th and U. The sidewalks along U are narrow and uneven, making negotiating them even with our small troller difficult. Not to mention the many elderly folks that still live in the neighborhood who have to traverse them with walkers and wheel chairs. The street parking they are getting rid of (only a few spaces from the drawings, by the way) are all metered parking, so residents don't use them anyway. A handful of missing spaces won't effect businesses one bit, nor disrupt residential parking any more than it already is.

Streetcars will reduce traffic and parking problems (suburbanites think riding streetcars is cool!), including the numbers of buses, which is good for ground level air pollution, which is good for my son (and you and me, too).

Your argument against bicycles is simply laughable.

You might be a long time DC resident, but opinions like yours are why U Street has been in this deplorable conditions for such a long time.

by kwest on Jul 1, 2011 1:08 pm • link • report